Beamonte, a native of Rio Cuarto, Argentina, is a junior with a 3.56 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) majoring in Business Administration.  Swarb is a senior from White Deer, Texas and had a 3.70 GPA in Secondary Education.  The honor is the first for each of the golfers.  It marks the third straight season the Chaps have received the honor and with multiple recipients. 

In order to be nominated by an institution's head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status to qualify for this honor.

Garcia, a sophomore from Argentina, led LCU with a season-best three-round total of 214.  He led LCU in the second round with a 70 before closing out the tournament with a 74.  Garcia led the tournament in par-four scoring (even) and in birdies with 12, as he claimed his third top-five finish of the year.  Fellow Argentinean Cosme Beamonte finish second on the squad with a 221 (74-71-76), placing him tied for 16^th overall.  Niel DuPreez finished in the top-25 for the Chaparrals with a 222 (68-78-76).  His opening round 68 led LCU for the round and it was his first sub-70 performance of his LCU career.  Michael Milliken finished in 27^th place with a 227 (74-74-79) and Landon Waters completed play in 34^th place with a 232 (82-77-73).  Waters’ final round score led the team for the round.

LCU finished with their best three-round tournament score of the season.  The Chaps carded an 877, as they shot a 286 in the opening round and followed with a 292 and 299.  LCU, who finished second in the tournament with 33 birdies, finished three strokes back of No.8 Southern Nazarene (874).  No.2 Oklahoma City University led the tournament with an 858 and No.1 Oklahoma Christian University was second with an 866.  OC had the individual champion Preston Wilkins, who fired a combined 210 (66,72,72) on the par-70 6,637-yard layout.

The Chaps will now await an invitation to the 60^th Annual NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship scheduled for May 24-27^th at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill.

The Chaps produced a three-round total of 899, with their best team round coming in the second round with a 295.  They opened with a 301 and finished with a 303.  LCU finished six strokes better than No.8 Southern Nazarene University and 14 strokes ahead of No.5 Grand View University.  Of the teams finishing ahead of LCU, Oklahoma Baptist University was the only unranked team.  The tournament was won by No.1 Oklahoma Christian University (874), with No.2 Oklahoma City University (891) finishing second.

The Chaps were led by Niel DuPreez, who registered his best score of the season with a three-round total of 219.  The South African followed an opening round 75 with consecutive rounds of 72.  His third round score (72) led all LCU players.  Landon Waters, who finished in a share of third place in LCU’s last tournament at Northwood University, finished with a 224 for a share of 16^th place.  He finished tied for second in second-round scoring with a 71.  He opened with a 78 and carded a 75 in the final round.  Also competing for LCU was Facundo Garcia (T-28^th, 80,74,75=229), Cosme Beamonte (T-34^th, 72-78-81=231) and Cameron Swarb (49^th, 76,80,84=240).

Wayland Baptist University’s Bradley Stinnett won the tournament with a 214 (73,71, 70) on the par-70 6,586-yard layout at Dornick Hills Golf & Country Club.  The tournament field was made up of 10 teams and 55 golfers.   

Jonathan is the son of LCU women’s golf head coach John Dansby.  He has had success all four years at LCHS on and off the links.  As a freshman, he carried an 81 average and was the district champion.  The Eagles golf squad finished the season as the state runner-up in TAPPS Class 3A while Dansby was a freshman.  They repeated as the state runner-up as a sophomore and he finished fifth in state to claim First Team All-State honors.  He averaged a 78 per round as a sophomore and won the regional tournament en route to the state tournament.  Dansby has averaged a 77 per round over his junior and senior seasons.  He claimed district and regional individual titles as a junior and finished third at the state tournament to claim First Team All-State honors for a second consecutive time.  The Eagles also finished as state runner-ups for a third consecutive season with Dansby on the squad.  Dansby just recently repeated as the district and regional champion and is currently preparing for the state tournament in McKinney.

Dansby’s success on the course has leaked into the classroom.  He holds a 4.0 GPA and ranks third in his class.  The four-year National Honor Society member has excelled in band and has received numerous band accolades.  He was a two-time member of LCHS’s state championship band program.

Beamonte led the event going into the third and final round after shooting a 76 and 73 in the first two rounds.  He was unable to hold the lead, as he carded an 87 in the final round for a 236 finish.  Waters competed independently in medalist play and also shot a 236.  He opened with an 83 and improved with a 77 followed by a 76. 

The Chaparrals led as a team after the opening round with a team score of 319.  They continued to improve with a 316 followed with a 315. The Chaps finished two strokes behind William Carey College and six strokes back of tournament winning No.10 Our Lady of the Lake University.  Neil DuPreez had the best final round score on the squad with a 77 to finish tied for seventh place with a 238 (78-83-77).  Facundo Garcia (85-78-78=241, T-13^th), Justin Aldous (80-82-81=243, 15^th) and Michael Milliken (87-85-79=251, T-18^th) all finished in the top-20 for LCU.

Nick Chacon of OLLU won the individual title with a 225, firing a tournament best round of 72 in the final round.

Beamonte finished in third place with a low-round total of 69 in the second round to follow an opening round 74 for a total of 143.  His 69 was the only sub-70 round shot of the entire tournament.  He co-led the tournament shooting even on par-four holes and was tied for second with eight birdies.  Beamonte and Facundo were tied co-leading all players with a -4 on par five holes.  Facundo finished in fourth place with a 145.  He followed a 74 with a 71 in the second round.  He led the event with 25 pars.  Justin Aldous shot a 154, splitting with a pair of 77 for an 18^th place finish.  Michael Milliken (80,78 = 158) finished in 26^th and Niel DuPreez (80,79 = 159) finished tied in 28^th.

LCU was in last place (fifth place) after the opening day of play, but the Chaps responded from an opening round 305 with a 295 for the biggest second round improvement.  The Chaps led the tournament in pars (112) and they co-led in par-five scoring with a -5.  With a total score of 600, LCU finished 10 strokes ahead of Houston-Victoria and eight strokes behind No. 10 Our Lady of the Lake.

Western Texas won the event with a 590 (287,303) and Nick Flynn led the team with an individual tournament best 142 (70, 72) on the par-72 7,022-yard layout.